School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

Location:
Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Michael Quinn
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    miles?
    Answer - Sore feet
    25. Why is a dog with a broken leg much like a boy doing sums?
    Answer - Because he puts down three and carries one
    26. How many sides on a bucket?
    Answer - Two - inside and outside
    27. Up the road and down the road and I carry the load on my back?
    Answer - A ladder
    28. What is one half of the moon like?
    Answer - The other half
    29. Why is a shoemaker like a dying man?
    Answer - Because he lays down awl as e nears his end and prepares his sole for the last
    30. What runs and has no legs?
    Answer - Water
    31. What is it that never was,, never will be?
    Answer - A mouses nest in a cats ear
    32. Put in dry, comes out wet. The longer its in the stronger it gets?
    Answer - Tea in a tea-pot
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